Weather excluder for doors



March 10. 1925. 1,529,424 W. H. EDWARDS WEATHER EXCLUDER FOR DOORS Filed Oct. 24, 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR; Wulham Ham's Edwards March 10. 925. 1,529,424

w. H. EDWARDS WEATHER EXCLUDER FOR DOORS Filed Oct. 24,. .1922 2 Sheath-Sheet 2 F/GMS WILLIAM HENRY EDWARDS Inventq r by A t turney Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM HENRY EDWARDS, 0F ATTUNGA, NEW' SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA.

WEATHER EXCLUDER FOR DQORS.

Application filed October 24, 1922. Serial No. 596,640.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAMI HENRY ED- WARDS, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Attunga Copper Mine, Attunga, New South Vales, Commonwealth of Australia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Weather Excluders for Doors, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for preventing draught, dustand water passing under doors when they are in closed position. The object of the invention is to provide a draught, dust and weather excluder for doors which may be cheaply constructed, is readily fixed to a door, and is effective in operation.

The excluder is adapted to be fixed to the bottom of the front of a door or to be set within a groove cut in the bottom of the door. It comprises a lath (preferably of wood) which has fitted to it a rod spring adapted, when the door is being closed, to have one of its ends brought into contact with a striker situated on the hinge-post of the door to depress the lath into contact with thefioor to prevent passage of air-draughts, dust, or water under the bottom of the door. The foot of the lath is provided with a strip of rubber, felt, or other resilient material capable of making close contact with the floor when the lath upon which it is mounted is depressed. End plates are provided, and at one end the excluder is fitted with a tongue which is adapted to support one end of the rod spring. The latter may be constructed in such'manner that it cannot be extracted from the lath unless the fastening means therefor have previously been removed. 7

Referring to the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one form of the excluder in open position; Fig. 2 a similar view to Fig. 1 but showing the excluder in closed position; Figs. 3 and 4: views sim ilar to Figs. 1 and 2 respectively but showing the rod spring with two depressions therein; Fig; 5 a broken perspective View of a door with the excluder attached to the exterior thereof; Fig. 6 a sectional view of the excluder shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 7 a sectional view of the eXcluder secured to a groove in the door, Fig. 8 an enlarged broken perspective view illustrating the excluder shown in. Fig. 1; Fig. 9 a cross section of the excluder on line A B, Fig. 3 illustrating the attachment of the rod spring to the lath; Fig. 10 a'broken detail view illustrating the attachment of the tongue to oneof the end" plates; Fig. 11 a detail end view illustrating the attachment of the carrier for the lathto the bottom of a door and the, attachment of the end plates to the carrier; Fig. 12 a broken detail View illustrating one of the end plates with an opening to allow the end of the pad to project therethrough; and 13 a broken detail view illustrating the attachment of one of the end plates at the end of a door about a recess in the latter in which the excluder is carried. I i

With reference to Figs. land 2 and Figs. 5, 6 and 8 which show the excl uder when it is adapted to be secured to the bottomof the front of a door, a separate carrier 1 is provided for the lath 2 which preferably consists of wood. Such carrier 1 may be of wood or metal; it is attachedto the front of the door 3 by means of screws 4: or the like. The lath 2 is supported in said carrier 1 by a steel rod spring 5 which may be of any desired cross section; the opposite ends of the carrier 1 are closed by metal plates 6 and 7 but its bottom is open, and the rod spring 5 extends from end to end of the lath 2. Staples 8 are attached to the lath 2 through which the spring 5 projects; said staples serve to hold the lath 2 on'the spring 5.

One ofthe metal plates 6 at the end of the carrier 1 serves as an abutment for one end of the spring 5; such abutment plate is also preferably provided with a projecting metal tongue 9 to act as a support for one end of the spring 5. The tongue 9 may be secured to the plate ,6 by rivets 18 and the plates 6 and 7 may be attached to the carrier 1 by means of screws-20. In Fig. 8 the tongue 9 is shown attached to one end of the carrier 1. It will be understood, however, that the tongue, 9 may be formed integral with the plate 6 or it may be attached to such plate by rivets, solder, or by crimping one of its ends thereto, or by other suitable means. Both the plates 6 and 7 are nailed or otherwise secured to the carrier 1'. The metal plate .7 at the opposite end ofthe carrier 1] is provided with a hole to enable the other end 10 of the spring 5 to pass therethrough. Located on the hinge-post 11 of the door frame is an adjustable screw 12 or other against the opposite side of the lath and adapted, when said spring is tensioned, to force the pad with substantially uniform pressure against an object.

3. A draught, dust and weather excluder, comprising a lath and supporting means therefor consisting of a resilient rod provided with a downwardly curved central portion and kinks provided in said rod at opposite ends of said curved portion, the rod being adapted to contact with and yieldably bear down upon said lath at the center thereof and at said kinks.

4. A draught, dust and weather excluder comprising a supporting element having a groove in its under side, a lath in said groove having its under side longitudinally concave and provided with a conformably shaped resilient pad along said under side, metallic end plates one of which is provided with a hole and the other of which is provided with a spring tongue projecting into said groove, means for securing said end plates to said supporting element, a

metallic resilient rod along the upper side of said lath one end of-which is firmly supported by said tongue and abuts against the corresponding end plate and the other end of which projects beyond the end of said supporting element through the hole in the other end plate, means for supporting the center portion of said lath upon the center portion of said rod, said rod being adapted to yieldably bear down upon the center portion of said lath when said projecting end is forced inward.

5 A draught, dust and weather excluder comprising a supporting element having a groove in its under side, a lath in said groove, metallic end plates one of which is provided with a hole and the other of which is provided with a spring tongue projecting into said groove, means for securing said end plates to said supporting element, a metallic resilient rod along the upper side of said lath one end of which is firmly supported by said tongue and abuts against the corresponding end plate and the other end of which projects beyond the end of said supporting element through the hole in the other end plate, means for supporting the center portion of said lath upon the center portion of said rod, said rod having a downwardly curved central portion and two downwardly disposed kinks on opposite sides of said curved portion and being adapted to contact with and yieldably bear down upon said lath at the center thereof and at said kinks simultaneously'when said projecting end is forced inward.

6. A draught, dust and weather excluder, as claimed in claim 5, in which said means for supporting the center portion of said lath comprises staples engaging with said kinks and preventing longitudinal movement of said rod relative to said lath.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

WILLIAM HENRY EDWARDS. 

